#EEE38E#EEE38E

#EEE38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEE38E
RGB	rgb(238, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 40.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -8.08, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 43.57, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0219 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6128, 75.0702, 36.5143)
Luminance	0.7507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEE38E #8E99EE

analogous

#EEB38E #EEE38E #C9EE8E

triadic

#EEE38E #8EEEE3 #E38EEE

tetradic

#EEE38E #8EEEB3 #8E99EE #EE8EC9

square

#EEE38E #8EEEB3 #8E99EE #EE8EC9

split-complementary

#EEE38E #8EC9EE #B38EEE

monochromatic

#DEC924 #E6D659 #EEE38E #F6F0C3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EEE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#EEE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEE38E

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEE38E	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eee38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb0',
    500: '#eee38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eee38e;
$custom-light: #f5ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eee38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90604,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEE38E

secondary

#5764C9

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEE38E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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